Water management

Plants, animals, and even humans all have a common master. The thirst and need for water. California is the state of fame, sun, and sandy feet. With our pristine weather and landscapes it is the ideal location for living conditions, farming, agriculture, and for everything in between. However, ever since 2011 the once luscious west coast has been getting increasingly drier and drier each year. Due to lack of water and rainfall, 2015 is the fourth year of the worst ongoing drought in the history…

parts of eight parishes to the Morgan City area in the south. The Atchafalaya is unique among Louisiana basins because it has a growing delta system with nearly stable wetlands. The basin contains about 70% forest habitat and about 30% marsh and open water. It contains the largest contiguous block of forested wetlands remaining (about 35%) in the lower Mississippi River valley and the largest block of floodplain forest in the United States. Best known for its iconic cypress-tupelo swamps, at…

to till the soil in preparation to sow seeds, a sickle was needed to cut down and harvest crops and workers would channel water from streams to irrigate their fields. To today, where giant tractors pull specialized plows that can simultaneously till, plant seed and incorporate fertilizer into the ground in one pass, modern crop specific harvesters and irrigation systems to water and cultivate the crops that we need. The current technologies we use are good and have brought us a long way in…

to the elderly and their cognitive functions. It is said 85% of elderly over the age of 85 consume less than a liter of water a day when the recommendation is 1500ml a day. Dehydration is identified with common diseases and the deterioration of age. This poses a serious risk for individuals with delirium, seizures, kidney stones and infections. The article states, total body water decrease with ages, from 60% to 52% in men and 52% to 46% in women. As age increases it becomes more difficult to…

1.1 Background and problem statement Mangroves are tropical and sub-tropical woody trees that grow naturally in brackish waters within the intertidal zone. Mangrove ecosystems are highly productive and rich in biodiversity and offer a variety of goods and services, both economic and ecological. The estimated total area of mangroves is just above 150,000 km2, divided by 123 countries worldwide (Spalding et al., 2010). In tropical regions, these ecosystems constitute about 0.7 % of the total…

condition and water resources allocation (Jhajharia et al. 2009; Li et al. 2016; Sentelhas et al. 2010). The study on spatial and temporal changes of ETref has drawn much attention in recent decades to the regional-scale hydro-climatic change worldwide because of its nexus in the water resource management and terrestrial ecosystems (Burn and Hesch 2007; Shan et al. 2015; Tabari et al. 2012; Zhang et al. 2016). Additionally, ETref is not only helping for estimating agricultural water…

the concept of climate change and the urban heat island effect? My understanding of the concept of climate change and the urban heat island effect is that they are both becoming more progressively harmful to our human health, the air we breathe, and water supply in our communities. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from auto and factory emissions acts as a blanket, trapping long-wave infrared energy coming off the earth making our planet much warmer. Most radiation is absorbed by the earth’s surface…

Use of geothermal energy and boosted MED to have a stand-alone desalination, design of a prototype for water mass production based on hydrologic cycle principles (idea behind cloud formation, move of water as body without surface), use of cloud seeding techniques to increase condensation rate in thermal desalination (i.e. use of nuclei to increase water vapour condensation in industrial scale), and conceptual design of new desalination technology based on anatomy of loop of Henle in marine…

I would have considered myself an advocate for population control and resource management regulations set by governments to reduce our current strain on the earth's environment and resources. After reading both articles, I still maintain this stance, however I still believe that both Brown and Percival have made perfectly valid arguments…

Increasing water shortages caused by global warming have led to further declining hygiene and sanitation, a spread of water borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid and a rise in diarrheal and skin diseases and other water related conditions. The effects of food insecurity have been well documented in the developing world. It is well known that lack of nutrition at…